About Match
2 points and 1 places separate them: Ajax 6th with 7, Excelsior 5th with 9. Per game in the league, Ajax score 2.25 and conceding 1.25, Excelsior 2.5 and 0.75, against a competition average of 2.02 goals per team per game. A win would lift Ajax to 10 points and up to 4th, overtaking Excelsior (other results unchanged).
20 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Ajax 14, draws 5, Excelsior 1, at 4.05 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue is Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, with room for 55,885 spectators.